What's an ames-ace? Or a hogenhine? If you love the English language--especially its oddities--this calendar will delight you. This tenth-anniversary edition of Forgotten English presents arcane, archaic words related to vanished professions, objects, activities, customs, and states of mind and body. Obscure fetes and festivals, notable birthdays and anniversaries, and dubious medical, hygienic, and culinary procedures are also noted in 313 daily entries (Saturdays and Sundays share a page and an entry). A learned but ...
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What's an ames-ace? Or a hogenhine? If you love the English language--especially its oddities--this calendar will delight you. This tenth-anniversary edition of Forgotten English presents arcane, archaic words related to vanished professions, objects, activities, customs, and states of mind and body. Obscure fetes and festivals, notable birthdays and anniversaries, and dubious medical, hygienic, and culinary procedures are also noted in 313 daily entries (Saturdays and Sundays share a page and an entry). A learned but lighthearted lexicon by perennially popular language historian Jeffrey Kacirk, Forgotten English is essential reading for the collector of long-lost language.
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